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    very swollen ankle and foot, bumblefoot, gout, sprain?

    Here are some better photos that I took just now. The ankle did feel warm to the touch, but I'm not accustomed to handling ducks, so I don't have a good reference.
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    very swollen ankle and foot, bumblefoot, gout, sprain?

    Eggcessive, thank you again! Here are the best photos that I have of the bottom of her foot:
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    very swollen ankle and foot, bumblefoot, gout, sprain?

    Eggcessive, thank you so much for your response and assistance! If it were an injury or sprain, do you have a sense of how long it would take to heal? We are coming up on two weeks now. If it is bumblefoot, I certainly understand that surgery and antibiotics are the best treatment. If she...
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    very swollen ankle and foot, bumblefoot, gout, sprain?

    There is a wild Pekin duck that lives on a canal near me that has developed a very swollen ankle and middle toe. The swelling has worsened. The first photo is from 10 days ago, the second photo was from today. She is walking on it quite tenderly, and doesn't use that leg much or at all when...
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    Bumblefoot diagnosis?

    It will be tough to catch her. She was attacked last summer, and we were unable to scoop her up to get her in to the vet at the time. Would medicated feed (chick starter with amprolium) be helpful at all?
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    Bumblefoot diagnosis?

    Thanks bigbird. Do you know if bumblefoot would keep a duck from using that foot while swimming? Have never seen a bird with bumblefoot, but I would have naively thought that they would continue to use the foot while swimming.
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    Bumblefoot diagnosis?

    There is a semi-wild Pekin that lives on a canal near me. Overnight, she seems unable to put any weight on one of her legs and won't even use that leg while swimming. We're trying to figure out if this is bumblefoot or some type of sprain. If she did have bumblefoot, would she still be using...
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    Duramycin 10 ratio for soggy bread

    But for most people who use 1 tbsp per gallon, their intention is for the bird to drink that whole gallon, right? If I'm only going to be able to get a pint or so into the duck, via the bread, doesn't it need to be a much more concentrated pint of solution? From everything I can gather, 1...
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    Duramycin 10 ratio for soggy bread

    Hi BYC, I'm going to try to treat a duck with Duramycin 10 with the soggy bread trick (i.e. soaking bread in DM 10 solution and then feeding to the duck). Does anyone have experience with the ratios? Here was my plan: - correct does is 800 mg - I figure she might ingest half a cup of water...
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    labored breathing after attack?

    Thank you for your help Gita. I understand that antibiotics could be helpful right now, but I'm unclear as to how to administer them. This Pekin drinks from the canal, and won't drink water placed in front of her. Do you have thoughts on how to administer antibiotics given these constraints?
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    labored breathing after attack?

    I live near a canal where two Pekins were left years ago. We care for them as well as we can, but they are basically wild birds and it would be difficult to take them to a vet. The female endured an attack on her neck a few days ago. There is some swelling around the neck, but she seems to be...
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    Pekin plucking her own feathers

    There is a semi-wild female Pekin on a canal near me. She has recently plucked a number of her own feathers above her wing. The photos are from a week ago, and things have gotten much worse since. The skin appears pink and healthy underneath. Any thoughts as to what the problem or a...
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    curing bumblefoot on wild Pekin duck

    Thanks cowhlb. Does anyone out there have experience trying to feed a "wild" Pekin an amox pill? Suggestions?
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    curing bumblefoot on wild Pekin duck

    There is a Pekin duck that lives on a local canal. She appears to have developed a case of Bumblefoot. I've become quite attached to her, so I'd like to do everything that I can to help. Most of the treatment options seem to require a fair amount of handling, and I don't believe that she'd let...
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    large bare patch on the small of the back

    Thank you to those who responded. I'm in a fairly rural area of NJ. Would a coyote be the most likely attacker?
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